Andrea Bury

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Expert for responsible and intercultural leadership

Andrea Kolb is a marketing expert, story teller and social entrepreneur. After having finished her studies of economics and business administration in 1996 she started her career in different communication agencies in Germany and abroad.
In 1999 she was appointed to the management board of the Laureus World Sports Awards in London. After the successful implementation of the event in Monaco in 2000, she moved to Munich and started her own communication agency Calliope  inspiring brand communication. She has developed marketing strategies e.g. for Deutsche Bank AG, Volkswagen, O2 Germany, DEDON and others.
In 2007 Andrea and her husband Bernd moved to Marrakesh and opened a city palace they had previously restored, the AnaYela, a "Place of Inspiration" established as a hot spot for international thinkers. They have won the World Hotel Award 4 times so far.
Living there inspired her to create the social fashion brand ABURY. Under the positioning of Beyond Fashion, ABURY combines the desire for style and ethics, exclusiveness and sustainability in a unique and innovative concept.
Moreover she ist he co-founder of 2bd1.org in Berlin, a creative network to create common good and social profit.
Fairytales and business, ethics and fun, sustainability and luxury  for her these are only seemingly opposites and the solutions for many challenges we actually face in the world, lies in their harmonisation!